FALMOUTH — A student who attends Lunt School has been classified as having a probable case of H1N1 flu, according to Emergency Management Director Howard Rice Jr. The illness has not been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The student last attended school on Friday, May 1, and exhibited no symptoms at that time. […]
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Proposed Bath budget shows less than 2% increase
BATH — City Manager Bill Giroux on Wednesday rolled out a preliminary city budget for fiscal 2010 of $15.3 million. That budget, which also includes sewer, general, capital and landfill fund expenditures, represents a nearly 16 percent decrease from fiscal 2009 spending. Taxes are proposed to total less than $8 million, an increase of 1.86 percent. […]
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Harpswell, Brunswick air border dispute for legislators
AUGUSTA — After nearly a year of building their case to reverse a 1998 border resolution with Brunswick, proponents of Harpswell’s Carrying Place Assembly finally had the chance to present their argument to a legislative committee Wednesday. Nearly half of the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee was absent, including Co-Chairwoman Sen. Deborah Simpson, D-Auburn. […]
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Deere season
Cassidy Dean, 4, of Cumberland, hitches a ride on a big bucket loader at Hall Implement in Windham recently as her father, Tom Dean, looks on. Cassidy was one of several children who took advantage of a special VIP day at Hall for members of the Cumberland/North Yarmouth Family Network. (Contributed photo)
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Bath, Brunswick, other communities shine light on domestic violence
BATH — Purple lights are glowing this week from the Mid-Coast down to Portland, a reminder about domestic violence and a beacon of hope for victims. City Hall, Winter Street Center and the Library Park gazebo in Bath and Mid Coast Hospital and several churches in Brunswick were among places that participated in the awareness campaign. […]
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Bath Planning Board considers ‘smart growth’ density bonus
BATH — Planning Director Jim Upham presented the Planning Board with a list of criteria for “smart growth” development that could allow developers to build projects with higher residential densities than currently allowed. The board, meeting in a workshop session Tuesday when it received Upham’s list of bonus density restrictions, will take his proposal under consideration […]
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Brunswick starts clucking about chickens; board to consider allowing hens downtown
BRUNSWICK – Backyard chickens could soon be coming to roost downtown, but the Town Council warned advocates not to count their fowl before a new ordinance is hatched. The council voted unanimously on Monday to begin reviewing an amendment that would allow some residents to keep up to eight hens (and possibly unleash a barrage […]
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Brunswick council to consider grants for Oxford Aviation, fire station renovations
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday set public hearings for $1.86 million in bonds for the School Department, but it may soon consider endorsing grant applications for several other projects, including Oxford Aviation’s planned expansion to Brunswick Naval Air Station. The town’s involvement in the Oxford plan could come through a Community Development Block […]
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Rock 'em, sock 'em soccer
Bowdoin College’s Northern Bites team watches closely as their robot battles for the ball with a competing robot from the University of Texas on May 2 when Bowdoin hosted the 2009 RoboCup U.S. Open. Competitors had to create software for the two-legged robots, which could independently play soccer against each other. “Once we put them […]
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Bath high school students tackle racial prejudice in 'Mockingbird'
BATH — Morse High School senior Mason Davenport said he faces his most challenging role ever in taking on the character of vehement racist Bob Ewell. He plays one of the most reprehensible characters in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” directed by drama and English teacher Kevin O’ Leary. The play, set in 1930s Alabama, […]